The woman has decided to get revenge on her neighbour (stock) (Image: Getty)
A woman has hit out at her entitled neighbour for filling the entire street with vehicles – and leaving her trapped on her own driveway.
She revealed how she lives along a narrow lane and requires access to its full length in order to park outside her front door.
The property next door has since been converted into a car repair shop, with customers now arriving and departing at all hours.
The woman claims many customers simply ‘abandon’ their vehicles on the lane, apparently believing it belongs to the repair shop – leaving her unable to return home after a day’s work.
She wrote on Reddit: “The property next to our laneway has been turned into a car repair shop. We have always had a pretty good relationship with the owner… or so I thought.”
The resident continued: “Now, to park on the west side of his building, they have to drive across the top of our lane from the road, which has been fine.
“But over the past few months, some of his clients started parking their vehicles in our laneway, blocking or obscuring the entrance to our property.
“I have messaged the owner of the car place about it and he has moved the vehicles, but it happens at least once or twice a week, and not too long ago a truck was left there for a whole weekend.
“The other day, someone parked a motorhome in our lane and I could hardly get in. I was fed up, so I called the owner and told him that he was blocking access to our property and that I would start having cars towed if it kept happening”.
She went on to explain how her mum, who also lives in the home, is in poor health and she’s had to call the ambulance out to her a lot recently.
However, in the event of an emergency, she’s concerned the ambulance wouldn’t be able to reach the property with all the vehicles obstructing its entrance.
She said: “The man told me that I don’t own my laneway, and his customers could park there if they want to. He said the Township owns it.
“Now, the Township does have a right of way to access a creek and culvert, but we pay taxes on and maintain that land.
“I wound up telling him that it wasn’t his parking lot and hanging up on him in a blind rage. My husband spoke to him and convinced him that we do, in fact, own our land.
“I am considering putting up a fence or blocking his customers from using my lane to park, which would effectively render a large section of his lot useless to him, if this continues.
“All because he thought it was cool to block my driveway, and then had the audacity tell me that he would keep doing it.”
People were quick to offer advice to the frustrated resident – with many recommending a towing company.
Reacting to her post, one user commented: “I’d skip the fence. He’d probably just file for an easement to get access restored. I’d get a contract with a towing company. They’ll put up signs and they’ll have all of the paperwork ready to go for towing them away.”
A second user suggested: “An electronic gate, and he can pay an access fee.”
While a third added: “Put up a ‘No parking, violators will be towed’, sign and start having the cars towed. The jacka** will either reign his customers in or go out of business from the lost clients.”